(smooth electronic music) - What's up guys,
Saf here on SuperSaf TV
and today we're gonna be talking about
the Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus.
A lot of you guys will already know
that these have been some of my favorite devices
of the year so far.
And I've had my personal SIM card in the S10 Plus
for the most part of this year.
And that's because there's a lot to like about the S10 Plus.
I've covered a lot of that in my full,
in-depth, two-month-later review,
I'm gonna be linking that in the cards
and in the description.
Now, here's the thing.
If you are to go out and buy an S10 Plus,
depending on your region,
you're gonna be getting a slightly different version.
Now physically they're gonna look the same.
And generally speaking,
they are also gonna be performing very similarly.
However, I know a lot of you guys already know
that depending on your region,
you're gonna be getting either a version
powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset
or the Samsung Exynos
9820.
Now, generally speaking,
both of these are very capable chipsets
and you're gonna be getting good performance
from both of these, however, in my review,
I did mention that after using both of them extensively,
I did notice that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 version
was slightly better in terms of performance
and it was definitely better in terms of battery life.
I was getting roughly around 20% better battery life
on the 855 version compared to the 9820.
Now this may be partly because the Exynos 9820
is an 8-nanometer chipset,
versus the 7-nanometer chip set on the 855.
Now, following on from that
there's an advantage that I've noticed
on the Exynos version,
compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 version
and that is updates.
It seems like because the Exynos chipset is made in-house
by Samsung, they can roll out updates quicker to that
compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 version.
And in most cases it's a lot quicker.
So, let me give you an example.
In my review there was something that I fed back
and I'm sure lots of other users fed back as well
and that was that we'd like to have a night mode,
a dedicated night mode for low light photography,
as well as a portrait mode, the light focus mode
from the telephoto camera,
initially, it was only available on the primary camera.
And it was great to see that Samsung
actually took this feedback on board
and they have rolled out some updates
on my Exynos version that have enabled night mode,
which improves low light photography,
and they've also given us a portrait mode
from the telephoto camera which works very, very well.
However, as mentioned, this is currently,
only on my Exynos version.
Now here's the thing, the night mode update
on my Exynos version, came around two months ago
and the portrait mode from the telephoto camera update
came around six weeks ago.
So, it's roughly about one and a half months ago.
Now these updates are still not available
on my Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 version.
And I've spoken to a few friends in the US
who also use the 855 version
and they don't have it either.
So, it seems like we've got advantages and disadvantages
for both variants.
And as a consumer, generally speaking,
you're only gonna be able to get the version
that's available in your country.
Yes, you could get it imported,
but that's gonna be a little bit complicated.
So, why am I making this video?
Well it's really to highlight this issue.
Yes, I know we've had these differences for some time,
between the different chipsets,
but I think this year in particular,
the differences are most significant.
And I'm hoping that Samsung can watch this
and take that feedback on board
and try to give us more consistency, going forward.
Yes, a couple of weeks between updates is fine,
but if we're waiting a couple of months,
then it can be quite frustrating for a lot of users.
I'm sure it's not an easy fix
and there's probably lots of complicated things
happening in the background, when it comes to supply chains
and distribution and things like that,
but I would definitely like to see more consistency
between different variants of the Galaxy devices
going forward.
Should you still buy the Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus
despite this issue?
Yes, I would still recommend it.
I would definitely say that the S10 Plus
is one of the best smartphones of this year so far.
And regardless of which region you're in,
I still think you are gonna be getting
a great, great experience.
It's just something that I would like to see improved
going forward.
So that's it really, a quick video
just to summarize the situation
and keep you guys informed.
What do you guys think of this difference?
Definitely let me know (smooth electronic music)
in the comments below.
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(yankee doodle music from an ice cream van)
Ice cream van.
This isn't the good one, so I'm not gonna go get it.
It's not the whippy ice cream,
it's the soft scoop, forget that,